David Vitter

David Bruce Vitter is an American politician, attorney, and lobbyist who represented Louisiana in the United States Senate from 2005 to 2017. A member of the Republican Party, Vitter served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1992 to 1999 and in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1999 to 2005. Wikipedia*

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David Vitter has 600 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1999 Interview as a Republican Representative for Louisiana's 1st district. The year with the most videos was 2009 with 75 videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2016 with an average of 3,557 views per program. Most appearances with Mary Landrieu (8), Jeff Sessions (6), Jim DeMint (5). Most common tags: Louisiana, Senate, Hurricane Katrina.

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Previously

U.S. Senator, R-LA January 3, 2005 - January 5, 2017 Videos: 545 U.S. Representative, R-LA 1st June 7, 1999 - January 3, 2005 Videos: 55

Recent Appearances

  • Senate Session

    Senate Session

    Following Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) farewell address, the Senate passed S. 2943, the National Defense Author…

  • Senate Session

    Senate Session

    The Senate advanced a $6.3 billion medical research bill, which includes funding for Vice President Joe Biden’s cancer “moons…

  • Senate Session

    Senate Session

    The Senate approved H.R. 6792, a bill reauthorizing the 1996 Iran Sanctions Act through December 31, 2026. The vote was 99-0.

  • Senate Session

    Senate Session

    The Senate resumed initial debate on the American Energy and Conservation Act (S. 3110), a bill to establish revenue sharing …

  • Senate Session

    Senate Session

    Senators spoke about the election of Donald Trump as the next president and what its impact on the legislative agenda and the…

  • Refugee Resettlement

    Refugee Resettlement

    Obama administration officials testified at a hearing on the Fiscal Year 2017 Refugee Resettlement Program that would increas…

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Past Elections

Ideology data is based on DW-NOMINATE statistics developed by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal. More information can be found at Voteview .

Historic election results compiled from data found on FEC.gov

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